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No. 512,661. Patented Jan. 9, 1894.

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UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

LEOPOLD PIX, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,661, dated January9, 1894.

Application filed May 29,1893. Serial No. 475,949. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD PIX, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at 36 and 37 Leadenhall Street, in the city of London, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forOouplin g and Uncoupling Railway Carriages, Wagons, and other Vehicles,of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to enable railway vehicles to be readilyand easily coupled or uncoupled without the necessity of the personwhose duty it is to connect or disconnect the said vehicles steppingbetween them. Now according to this invention I provide a means wherebythe coupling links or chains may be raised, held in position, forcoupling and dropped over the draw hook of the next vehicle by one manstanding at the side of the vehicle out of danger, the coupling beingperformed from either side of the vehicle. I prefer to fit the apparatusto each end of railway vans, wagons and the like.

In order that my invention may be fully understood I will proceed toexplain the same with reference to the accompanying drawings which showone end of a railway wagon body fitted with an apparatus for couplingand uncoupling the same, constructed according to this invention.

Figure 1 is an elevation; Fig. 2 aplan; Fig. 3 aside view, Figs. 4 and 5beingdetails drawn to a larger scale hereinafter referred to. Figs. 6,7, and 8 are modified forms of a'coupling link.

a is the railway wagon, b b the bufiers, c the draw-hook, and ff linksattached to the hook c. l

g is the coupling link provided with projections h h on the eyes 1; 2',shown to an enlarged scale at Figs. 4= and 5, which projections engagewith the links ff and allow the links ff and g to be raised together andthe same to be held in the position shown.

j is a bent bar attached to the truck a to keep the link 9 steady whenraised.

The links ff and g are raised and lowered by means of the bent levers kis attached to rods Z l terminating in handles m m one at each side ofthe truck.

'n n n are bearings in which the rods Z Z rotate.

The coupling is held in the position shown on the drawings by means ofthe hooks o 0 secured to the rod 19 which rod terminates in handles qone at each side of the vehicle, the hooks 0 0 engaging with projectionsor lugs s s on the links f f.

t tare stops preferably forming part of the hooks 0 0 to prevent thesaid hooks dropping too far.

I In some instances I may construct the lower links of the coupling asshown at Figs. 6, 7, and 8 in which case the links are joined togetherby the bent bar a which in this instance replaces the projections orlugs s 8'. When the links are formed as above described only one of thehooks o 0 is required which hook engages with the cross bar a and servesthe same purpose as the lugs s s and hooks o 0.

To couple one vehicle to another the oper ator takes hold of the handlem (or m) and q, one in each hand, and turns the handle m (or m) in thedirection shown by the arrow till the horizontal portion of the lever is(or 70) touches the links f f. He then turns the handle q in thedirection shown by the arrow whereby the hooks 0 0 are disengaged fromthe lugs s s and on turning the handle an (or.

m) downward the link 9 is lowered over the drawhookof the next vehicle.To uncouple, the handle an (or m) is turned in the direction of thearrow until the link 9 is disengaged from the draw hook and oncontinuing to turn the handle in the same direction the coupling willassume the position shown by the drawings and be held by the hooks 0 0which are so shaped as to engage with the lugs automatically; k" 10' areprojections on the levers k k to guide the links f f laterally whencoupling or uncoupling.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In an apparatus for coupling and uncoupling railway vehicles thecombination of jointed coupling links f f g having lugs h h 01' a crossbar it on the links ff the said rod and $8 thereon with the bent levers7c 70 atbeing adapted to be rotated by the handles IO tached to rotatingrods Z Z operated by hanq q substantially as described and for the diesm m substantially as described and for purpose stated. 5 the purposestated.

L. PIX. 2. In an apparatus for coupling and un- Witnesses:

GRAY RIDGWAY, ALEX. RIDGWAY.

coupling railway vehicles the rod phaving hooks 0 0 thereon to engagewith the lugs s s

